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Influential Cardinals (Free Agency Edition): Curt Flood

This is the first in an off season series that will be appearing Thursday’s here at Redbird Rants. For more on the Influential Cardinals series, come back each Thursday until the start of spring…Read More

What now Yadi, Deja-Pujols?

Are we going to see a Yadier Molina with a chip on his shoulder this year?  Will the departure of Albert Pujols dictate the behavior and attitude of Yadi during the season?  The early signs that we have…Read More

Yadier Molina, does he stay or go?

  This winter’s free agency market has brought about some definite unpleasantries to the heart of the Cardinal faithful.  As of right now I think we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief…Read More

Why Signing Carlos Beltran Would Be A Mistake For The St. Louis Cardinals

As the Cardinals look to fill the void left by former franchise player Albert Pujols, the club has a number of different options to go about doing just that. Obviously it won’t be easy to replace a perennial…Read More

Will Statue Entice Pujols To Stay?

If the Cardinals are unable to keep free agent megastar Albert Pujols in St. Louis, at least they’ll have a bronze mold of their franchise player that is incapable of going elsewhere. The best part…Read More

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Sunday Poll Question – 10/23/11

After Albert Pujols put together the greatest performance ever in a World Series game, he has officially…Read More

Monday Poll Question – 9/26/11

It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about Albert Pujols, so why not? Everyone knows that…Read More

Cards News: Berkman, Sanchez, Rzepczynski, and Attendance

As the Cardinals continue their disappointing August debacle, there is no shortage of talking points…Read More

What’s Wrong With Albert Pujols?

Much has been made in the early stages of the 2011 MLB season about the uncharacteristic slump that…Read More

You Decide!

By this point, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the majority of Cardinals fan are quite tired of…Read More

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Before I get too far ahead of myself, I’d like to start off by saying that after writing this article,…Read More

The Clock is Ticking

It’s the phrase that has had all of St. Louis living on edge for the past 13 days now, but it doesn’t…Read More

Is Cliff Lee’s Decision To Turn Down New York the Start of a New Trend?

Being the long-time Yankee hater that I am, I almost feel compelled to write about the wonderful misfortune…Read More

Cliff Lee Signing Changes Landscape of National League

Before I start rambling on about how absolutely ridiculous the Phillies pitching staff now is, let me…Read More

Remaining Options In The Pujols Sweepstakes

Now that the Cardinals have theoretically addressed their offseason concerns with a series of questionable…Read More

Albert Pujols’ contract the big story for the Cards at winter meetings

The story has been lurking in the minds of St. Louis Cardinals fans and the organization for quite some…Read More

Lance Berkman no longer welcome in Houston, St. Louis could be new home

On December 28, 1994, the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres finalized a 12-player trade that sent future…Read More

Cardinals would be smart to land World Series hero Juan Uribe

If the Giants were baseball’s version of the Island of Misfit Toys, Juan Uribe was Rudolph the…Read More

What Off-Season?

The story is the same every year. From the moment the final out of the World Series is recorded, baseball…Read More